Burning iPhone 7s and Selfie Sticks to One’s Ancestors

China’s Tomb Sweeping Festival has gone “digital” this year. In addition to the traditional offerings of burning paper money for one’s ancestors, recent years have seen people burning paper houses and cars. This year, you can even buy a paper iPhone 7, before Apple has even released it! What more, there are even paper selfie sticks, so the dead can take better photos of themselves! Such products are often manufactured to the highest quality and with exacting details. One vendor says people buy these so their ancestors can experience society’s technological progress.

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